BSF Jawans maintains vigilia on the border of Kalaichar Haat in Indo-Bangladesh Border in Garo Hills, Meghalaya. , Photo Credit: Rita Raj Konwar
In the Meghalaya district in the East Khasi Hills, the Night Prohibition of walking to a kilometer from the India-Bangladesh border to check illegal activities and stop infiltration.
According to Section 163 Bharatiya Nagarik Surraksha Sanhita, the order issued on Thursday (August 21, 2025) limits the movement of people in the designated zone from 20:00 to 6:00, it will be storage for two months.
The restriction proceeds have been an individual from an attempt to enter the Indian territory or illegally crossing to Bangladesh. It also prohibits the assembly of five or more people, carrying weapons or objects that can be used as weapons and smuggling activities.
Officials stated that cattle, betel walnut, betel leaves, dry fish, bidis, cigarettes, tea leaves and smuggled goods were often smuggled across the borders. They also stated that the ongoing situation in Bangladesh was one of the reasons for the decision.
Meghalaya and Bangladesh share a 444 km long border, of which about 20% are unofficial for various reasons. One of these reasons is the opposition of villagers whose houses and agricultural land would be fenced due to an international government that prohibits the construction of defensive structures up to 150 meters from the zero line separating two countries.
The Night Prohibition decision follows the vision of a three -member panel to the border areas affected by the intrusion of armed Bangladeshi Miscreants 8 August. These intruders tried to exclude some shops and succeed the villagers, allegedly for Ransom.
The villagers later caught and beat six miscreants. One of them died of his injuries in the local hospital later. One of the intruders was a recovered identification card indicating that he was a member of the Bangladesh police force.
“There are bases of border safety forces, but several sections of the border remain unguarded due to hilly terrain and lack of fencing used by intruders,” said Mla Marthon J. Sangma, one of the panel members.
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Published – August 23 2025 01:12 IS
